Dhaka summit dwarfed by outcry against corruption
M. Shahidul Islam
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| Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina exchanging documents after signing frame work agreements in Dhaka last week. |
Sheikh Hasina and Dr. Manmohan Singh are the unlikely duo to lockstep in a concerted manner. The former think locally but act filially. The latter think globally but act regionally. That explains why the visit to Dhaka of the Indian PM was marred by a slew of beneath - the- surface bitterness and acrimony and its outcome failed to make anybody happier.
No wonder either that our family-centric Prime Minister finds herself stung by a barrage of globally circulated allegations of corruption and crony favouritism which will stay glued with her personal and filial dossiers for generations down below. The allegations, ironically, stem from the very sources that have doggedly fought only two years ago to by- pass our constitutional obligations to bring her to power.
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